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"How many out there have been using Worldcat?" Using it how and for what? I LOVE worldcat...I am a school librarian for 650 students, prk-12, 4 libraries. I use worldcat (www.worldcat.org) to look up books/dvds/TEXTBOOKS when I can't find them anywhere else and I need subjects or synopsis. I cut and past MARC lines as needed, especially Summary/Abstract under "details" into my FOllett cataloging. As a register user (no fees) I can also submit summary/abstracts for items which are missing them. By cutting and pasting, I am creating an "original" marc in my local Follett database. My mistakes will stay my own. I have also shown the site to school research classes. They can look up any topic, put in their zip code, and see if a local library has the item. They can cut & paste the info in an email to me & I can request through Illinois Firstsearch. http://www.firstsearch.org/ This is a fee based service our regional library system has connected us up to. (Alliance Library system, IL) As for "various schemes MARC - Dublin Core, etc" I had to look that one up! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Core YES WIKIPEDIA...so shoot me, it's fast ! The "Dublin" in the name refers to Dublin, Ohio, U.S., where the work originated from an invitational workshop hosted in 1995 by OCLC, a library consortium that is based there. The "Core" refers to the fact that the metadata element set is a basic but expandable "core" list. The semantics of Dublin Core were established and are maintained by an international, cross-disciplinary group of professionals from librarianship, computer science, text encoding, the museum community, and other related fields of scholarship and practice. The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an organization providing an open forum for the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. DCMI's activities include consensus-driven working groups, global conferences and workshops, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices. Levels of the standard The Dublin Core standard includes two levels: Simple and Qualified. Simple Dublin Core comprises fifteen elements; Qualified Dublin Core includes three additional elements (Audience, Provenance and RightsHolder), as well as a group of element refinements (also called qualifiers) that refine the semantics of the elements in ways that may be useful in resource discovery. Simple Dublin Core The Simple Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) consists of 15 metadata elements: Title Creator Subject Description Publisher Contributor Date Type Format Identifier Source Language Relation Coverage Rights Each Dublin Core element is optional and may be repeated. The DCMI has established standard ways to refine elements and encourage the use of encoding and vocabulary schemes. There is no prescribed order in Dublin Core for presenting or using the elements. Full information on element definitions and term relationships can be found in the Dublin Core Metadata Registry [1]. I was REALLY surprised there were not more "hits" on this subject. B. Waters Western CUSD12 Barry, IL billlibrary@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------